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Last year when I was on a training course, one of my colleagues said she could just about manage to see me inject without throwing up her sandwiches - but I couldn't do it near her.

When I was a bit younger and out for a meal, I was politely asked by a middle aged couple who spotted my blood testing machine if I could do it in the toilets because they didn't like it.

Helen has to use an EpiPen every day (Image: Kate Woolhouse)

And that's on top of the funny looks, people asking if it's heroin (yeah, in an EpiPen?), side glances and whispers if I ever dare to do meds anywhere public - even just sat on one of the benches in the city centre.

The reason for this is lack of education or awareness around diabetes despite 4 million people in the UK living with the condition.